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Which Stocks Look Ready to Pop and Drop with Earnings This Week? (HLF, V, CVS, FB, LNKD)

Posted by Jim Ambrosio at 9:43AM on April 29th

Stocks tend to be most volatile around earnings season, when a good or bad report can make or break it. However, a good or even great earnings report doesn’t necessarily translate into a huge pop for a stock.

During earnings season,…

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Capitulation? (CVS, BID, KFT, EM, BX, EDV, DNDN)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 4:58PM on August 4th

Capitulation? That is the big question; was today’s huge sell-off the bad-tasting medicine this market needed? We think the selling today and the last two weeks is overdone, and the underlying data trends in retail and small businesses point to…

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This Week in Billionaires: Icahn Makes an Offer, Sprott is Going Global (CLX, BIIB, DYN, MMI, DIS, MSFT, XOM, TEVA, MON, CVS, GE, PG, WMT, AG, AUY, SLW)

Posted by Eric Monte at 2:55PM on July 21st

Shares of Clorox (CLX) traded higher this week after billionaire investor Carl Icahn offered to acquire the consumer products giant for $10.2 billion. Icahn’s offer valued California-based Clorox at $76.50 a share, or a 12% premium to where the stock closed…

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Morning Spy: M&A Action, Apple Is Absurd (MHS, CVS, SFN, BTX, SCGLY, Z, AAPL, BAC, COP, Z, ESRX)

Posted by Eric Monte at 10:30AM on July 21st

The markets are trading to the upside on Thursday. The markets may be moving higher as details begin to emerge regarding the steps to be taken for the Greek bailout plan.

Pharmacy Benefit Manager Stocks (up 5.3%, see graph): Shares of…

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Yield Hunter: Media Company Increases Dividend by 100% (WAG, CVS, OCR, GCI, RUK, MDP, AHC, LNN)

Posted by Eric Monte at 2:41PM on July 19th

Drugstore chain giant Walgreen (WAG) announced on June 13 it is ramping up its dividend to 22.5 cents, which will be effective September 12, 2011 for shareholders on record as of the close of business August 19, 2011. The increase represents…

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Soros Fund Maintains Big Cash Position As Markets Remain Choppy (AAPL, C, EM, TEVA, WFT, CVS, DHR, MON, WFC)

Posted by Todd Shriber at 12:07PM on July 19th

The $25.5 billion Quantum Endowment Fund is taking a step back from risk, paring the number of trades it commits to and is now about 75% in cash as it waits for better opportunities to come along, Bloomberg News reported, citing…

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The (Self-Checkout) Express Lane to Profits (TGT, CVS, WMT, NCR, DBD, RADS)

Posted by Eric Monte at 8:36AM on May 17th

The use of technology for automated functions appears to be increasing in the retail and financial sectors. I am a frequent shopper at major chain stores such as Target (TGT), CVS Caremark (CVS), and Wal-Mart Stores (WMT). It seems that each time I…

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Commodities in Freefall (CVS, WFMI, TBL, CI, PPO, ORA)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 4:43PM on May 5th

Commodities got absolutely hammered today, led lower by oil and silver, helping take much of the market down with it. Comments from European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet that the EU would not raise interest rates next month helped send…

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Stocks Mixed As 2010 Winds Down (CVS, UAM, IMAX, SNE, DIS, BGP, REE)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 12:49PM on December 31st

Stocks were trading mixed as the market winds down 2010.

The Photographic Equipment Stocks Index was the top performing tickerspy Index at midday, led by Imax (IMAX) with a 14% gain. The Rare Earth Stocks Index was the day’s worst performing tickerspy Index…

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Fed Satisfies Wall Street With Quantitative Easing Campaign (CVS, STEC, OPEN, TWX, IDI)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 4:44PM on November 3rd

It was a topsy-turvy day as investors digested both the mid-term election results and the details of the Feds’ quantitative easing campaign, with stocks finally finishing in the green. In the end, while there were no really big surprises, the…

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